Section 17-20-201 - Creation - Members(a)(1) There is created a State Board of Barber Examiners, consisting of the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing, or his or her designee, who shall be an ex officio member of the board, and five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor for a term of six (6) years.(2) Three (3) of the members so appointed shall be practicing barbers who have followed the occupation of barbering in this state for at least five (5) years immediately before their appointment.(3)(A) One (1) member shall be a public member to represent the consumer, and one (1) member shall represent persons sixty-five (65) years of age and older.(B) The two (2) members appointed under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section shall be full voting members but shall not:(i) Be actively engaged in or retired from the barbering profession;(ii) Be held by the same person; or(iii) Participate in the grading of practical examinations.(b)(1) Each member shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified.(2) The Governor shall have the power to remove any member for gross incompetency, gross immorality, disability, any abuse of his or her official power, or other good cause and shall fill any vacancy thus occasioned by appointment within thirty (30) days after the vacancy occurs.(3) Members appointed to fill vacancies caused by death, resignation, or removal shall serve only for the unexpired term of their predecessors.(c) Each member of the board may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.Amended by Act 2023, No. 465,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5410, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by Act 2017, No. 1060,§ 5, eff. 8/1/2017.Acts 1937, No. 313, §§ 15, 19; Pope's Dig., §§ 12083, 12087; Acts 1947, No. 125, § 3; 1951, No. 127, § 8; 1957, No. 278, § 2; 1961, No. 207, § 1; 1963, No. 102, § 1; 1967, No. 240, § 1; 1971, No. 126, § 1; 1975, No. 538, § 5; 1977, No. 113, §§ 1-3; 1981, No. 717, § 2; 1983, No. 131, §§ 1-3, 5; 1983, No. 135, §§ 1-3, 5; 1985, No. 133, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 6-617 -- 6-619, 6-623 -- 6-626, 71-515, 71-519; Acts 1989, No. 388, § 2; 1997, No. 250, § 127.